Cotton-picker.



M. B. COB.

COTTON PIGKER.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 16. 1908.

MILTON. B. (O-E, OF RANKIN, OKlnll'ltlt'lA.

consort-Prensa Specification oi Letters Patent.

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The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction l'or cotton pitchers.

My invention consists in the eonstrurtion. arrangement and eomhination of elements l'lereirnrfter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the aeeompzniying drawing, in whieh- Figure l is a plan of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ol'the device on the indicated line 2--2 of Fig. l. l ig. 1- is a side elevation of the device. Fig. Hi. is a transverse section on the line :0 0: of Fig. i.

In the construction oi the device shown, the numeral 10 designates a tube or nozzle whie 1 is preferably larger at one end portion then. at the other. The smaller end portion ol the to he or nozzle 10 is attached to one end portion of a flexible tube 10 leading to a place of deposit of picked cotton (not shown). The 'l'orn'ard larger end portion of the tube 10 is open to form a mouth end is out away in. the upper portion of its sides and across its top. A

stub axle ll mounted on and extends laterally from one side ol the forward end portion of the 'tul o it) end a pulley 12 is mounted for rotation on said stub axle. llloehs til, 14 are mounted in the spaces formed by rutting away the forward ends of the sides of the tube 12 and wings or plates 15, 16 are fitted to said notches and are pivoted. to the side." of said tulle, the points of pivoting;- being" in alinement with the axis of the pulley 12. The Wine l 5 may he pivoted on the stub axle 1.1 while the wing or plate 16 is pivoted on a similar stud ll projecting oppositely therefrom. The blocks l3, l -l are eonneeted hy a A piel er shalt it; is mounted for rotation in and (-onneets the extremities .ol' the hloek's 12$, 14 and a pitcher drum ll) or roller is fixed to and rotated hy said shalt hetween said blocks. A pulley 20 is mounted on one end portion of the shaft 18. A piehor shalt 21 is mounted for rotation in and eonneetsthe extremities ol' the sides of the tuhe ll) below and slightly to the rear of the pieker shalt It A pi eher drum or roller L32 is mounted rigidly on and rotated hy the pielzer shalt 21 between the ends ol' the sides of the tube ill and in a plane below and to the rear and extending" transversely r ol' the drum ill. pulley "ariety and a helt, 2 5., prol'erahly round eross-seotion, is mounted in and ronnevts said pulleys as shown. in 3. The pulley i2 is connected hy a lleatihle shalt. 2.) to :1. prime mover (not shown) uhirh may he a motor carried on the wagon into whirh the pielted. eotton. is loaded. No mally, the drums it; and 22 are sliightl sep.-i.rz'a.to=l owing to the contractile tendoney ol the hell i2 1 and the drum lit is free to rise and hill relative to the other drum heeause its sh: it is rarried in the extremities of the blocks it. l4. pivoted to the tube it) by the wings or plates l5, l6.

In preotieal use the pulley l2 dri en by the flexible shalt 25 in the direction oi? tl arm a in Fig. .l and. in so doing muses the belt 24 to drive the drum shells l8, posito (lll'QCtlOIlS so that the drums lit. will d. to receive hells of ertton hetween will,

the :uliarent points of their 'wripluu-jesf and draw the same from the rotton plant into the tuhe ill. The drum l9 may separate freely from the drum :22 to permit the passage of the cotton seeds eontained in the hells or for any other reason. The drum 19 may be pressed toward the drum '32, to en r e said drums to engage the cotton to be plotted by manual pressure applied to the pier-e or top plate l7.

tiny desired .tueans may he employed to remove the cotton lroin the tuhos it}, it) and such. means lorms no part of my present volition.

l. elairn as my inventioni. A rotten. picker, comprising a tuhe guitar in. eross-sertion, a picker drum. nlounted for rotation transversely of the nunith of said tube, a hinged member on end above the mouth of said tube, the tube at the upper portion of its mouth being; rut away, Plblkfil' drum mounted upon said hinged inen'ihet' he mo h oi the tuho above and in fronto5. re first pielter drum, the peripheries of said i a drulna hirin contiguous, and means A oppositely rotating said drums.

2. r'l rotton pielzer, eornpr" ular in eross-seetion, th K the mouth of the tuho being out awa rnon ol." blocks mounted loosely on opposite sides or" the upper portion of said mouth, plates tired to east hlooks andiplvoted in alinenient to opposite si lvs of the tube, a drum mounted on and mnnvrting said blocks, a (hum journnled in and transversely of the niouth of the tube h0- lmr and in tho roar of the first drum, the eriphvrios of the drums being contiguous, and mums for rotating said drums oppositely.

3-3. A (ml-Lon pickvr, comprising a tube, a piul-wr (lllml mounted transversely thereof, l l( ('l hingml to said tube, nplane connecting said blocks, :1 picker drum mounted upon and lrnnswr vly of said blocks, the periphvrivs 11 said pickvi' (h'ums being contiguous, um] mums l'ur rotating said drums any silvlv.

4. A cofuton picker, comprising a tube, a picker drum mounted transversely thercof, a. hinged member on said tube, a pickelzdrum mountei'l upon and transversely 01 said i Al member, the peripheries of said drums 3 contiguous, pulleys on said drums, z.

y 011 the tube, a, belt connecting: said 1 means for (lIlVID the )llllCV on 

